CVE-2024-12719 WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.15 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Path Traversal

What is CVE-2024-12719?

CVE-2024-12719 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wfu_ajax_action_read_subfolders' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform limited path traversal to view directories and subdirectories in WordPress. Files cannot be viewed.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12719?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Iptanus Wordpress File Upload.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12719?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12719 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-12719 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12719 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in nickboss Iptanus File Upload

• CVE-2024-11613 Code injection in Iptanus File Upload Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-11635 WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.12 - Unuathenticated Remote Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-9047 The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.11 via wfu_file_downloader.php. Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-10564 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-24962 WordPress File Upload < 4.16.3 - Contributor+ Path Traversal to RCE High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-76v8-965q-f4x7.